RUNNER                                                                            224 pp.

Carl Deuker                                                    Reviewed by Worthy

            High School student Chance Taylor is no normal kid. His mother left when he was young and he lives on a boat with his dad. Chance’s Dad is a war veteran, who served in the Vietnam War. Chance is pressured at school but more importantly he is worried about how he and his dad will afford dinner. This changes one day when he meets a strange man who has mysteriously noticed Chance’s running track he follows every day. Chance soon gets a job delivering bizarre packages filled with material he cannot look at, but he questions if he should be doing this, although it allows him to eat. Soon he is required to bring the packages to his own home, and he becomes suspicious and cannot trust anyone anymore. All he knows is the pay is good, but not the price he will pay is even greater.

Inkheart 

Cornelia Funke                                                                                   

534 pp.

Reviewed by Eileen

Eagle Strike by Anthony Horowitz                                       329pg.

                                                                                    Reviewed by Pierce

The Goose Girl                                                                     383 pp.
By Shannon Hale                                              Reviewed by Evie

Imagine having one special talent that you can claim as your own and once people get intimidated, you can never use it again. Imagine spending your whole entire life living up to a certain title and having that name stripped away from you. Imagine having a best friend who turns on you without caring.
Imagine being a teenage Princess in the medieval times thrown from your civilized life and having to fend for yourself in the harsh world. This is what Crown Princess Anidori-Kiladra Talianna Isilee of Kindlenree’s (or Ani’s) life is like.

Harris and Me                                                                                                              168 pp

Gary Paulsen                                                                                    Reviewed by Erich

SPEAK                                                             198pp.
Laurie Halse Anderson                                 Reviewed by Bella

8th grade summer ended in a celebration party where Melinda called the cops. Why? After the party, Melinda keeps to herself and starts freshmen year with her former friends and the rest of the student body shunning her. Inside Melinda wants to talk, wants to tell someone the truth, but she stays mute. During the year she spends her time healing inside and avoiding “it”. “It” was the reason she phoned the cops. Why she’s scared and insecure. Now to stand up to “it” Melinda has to learn to trust, find herself and her voice.

 Scorpia                                                                                                            400 pp.

Anthony Horowitz                                                                               Reviewed by Jude

The Hunger Games                                                                                            

374 pp.

Suzanne Collins                                           

So You Wanna Be A Rock And Roll Star

Jacob Slichter

286 pg

GAT

Ink Death

Cornelia Funke

663 pgs

JRL